Blue is a quiet color. Red's a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don't like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand - until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Nautilus Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Flicker Tale Children's Book Award. It also was recognised by the Florida Book Award. It was recognised by the Ladybug Picture Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Eb White Read Aloud Award. The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E. B. White. In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February. It was recognised in the Grades K-2 category by the Delaware Diamonds Award. It was recognised by the Monarch Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book - Ages 0-6 Years category by the Independent Publisher Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book - Ages 4-8 Years category by the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2008 by KO Kids Books .

Children's book author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi's book One was the winner of 15 awards, including the E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book and the Teacher's Choice Award. She lives in Marin County, CA.